Hit Brewery Row to Choose Your Own Austin FC Home Match Beer Adventure

How to get a little matchy-matchy with the city's first top-tier sports club and its many superb beer options

"...the stimmy money last year, probably consider taking public transportation. The good news is that, in this typically antiquated..."

June 18, 2021 Features Feature by Eric Puga

Will the Third Time Be a Charm for an Austin Rail System?

Project Connect looks to help make connections

"...everyone can agree on in Austin, it's that our transportation situation is unacceptable and unsustainable. Traffic congestion has steadily..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Jack Craver

Austin’s Steady Strides Toward Climate Sustainability

How are we doing and how effective can local policies be at mitigating a worldwide crisis?

"...areas: Electricity and Natural Gas, Materials and Waste Management, Transportation and Land Use, and Industrial Process Emissions." Its goal..."

Nov. 1, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Plans in Play

The Big Eight

"...Scope: Land use and development patterns, transportation, mass transit, traffic/congestion, water/wastewater, solid waste, energy, utilities conservation..."

July 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Point Austin: Whistling for the Train

City says latest bond delay just another stop on the line

"...the first place, the mayor simultaneously announced a general transportation bond vote, to include as much as $100 million..."

March 19, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...All forms of transportation require energy to operate (gas, diesel, coal, hydro, wind,..."

June 25, 2004 Column

The Lay of the Land

Timing Is Everything

"...point when the entire Central Texas region panicked en masse about growth, downtown renewal ceased to be a boondoggle..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Heavy Pedal

Will City's Bike Plan Ever Hit the Road?

"...also among the first council-sanctioned remedies for Austin's growing transportation needs. The plan, approved last week, is divided into..."

May 15, 1998 News Column by Jenny Staff

All Roads Lead to Bergstrom

Light Rail Ignored as City Airport Planners Encourage Vehicle Use

"...traffic on inner city neighborhoods could be spared if transportation planners would fast track plans for a light rail..."

March 7, 1997 News Feature

SXSW Panel Recap: Urban Air Mobility: What's Next?

Like winter, personal air transport is coming. But for who?

"...to take to bring these flying cars to the mass market...."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Point Austin: November Mobility Bond Begins to Take Shape

Consensus on the proposed $720 million bond remains a work in progress

"...objecting that there is simply not enough allowance for mass transit options. The most vocal and persistent critics have..."

Aug. 12, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Todd Phelps: 'Creativity and Common Sense'

"...to put Austin on the forefront of technology, and transportation solutions, and an all-of-the-above approach to traffic...."

May 30, 2014 News Feature

Point Austin: The Affordability Conundrum

If we want an affordable Austin, we'll have to afford it together

"...he said, until the decades after World War II, transportation represented a small portion of household costs. But with..."

Sept. 20, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Committee Approves Bus Fare Hike

Raises approved for all except elderly and disabled passengers

"...living on a fixed income and relying exclusively on mass transit to get around. Susana Almanza of PODER (People..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Feature by Justin Ward

Naked City

"...of the climate-changing carbon-dioxide emissions created by its yearlong transportation needs and electricity use through the purchase of renewable-energy..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• In other transportation news, Central Texas cannot circumvent toll roads by using..."

June 9, 2006 News Feature

Making a List

Examining the prospects for Austin's lobby at the 77th Legislature

"...You can't face a legislative session without transportation issues cropping up, and the city will stand behind..."

Dec. 29, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Postmarks

More Light Rail hubbub and a few Naderite cries in the wilderness.

"...than any other large Texas city, and although more massive road building is already planned, even if rail loses)...."

Oct. 27, 2000 Column

Postmarks

I never thought the letters in "Postmarks Forum" were real until this happened to me ...

"...to be a single entity is really a sprawling mass of 150-plus individuals, including many freelancers and contributors whom..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Column

Light Headed?

What Commuters Want

"...Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO, the former Austin Transportation Study), the Texas Department of Transportation, and the various..."

July 23, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

On the Rails

Bungling Bureaucrats, or Best Hope?

"...editors have just noticed that in 1994, the Austin Transportation Study (ATS) gave Capital Metro responsibility for half of..."

June 14, 1996 News Feature

Finding the Sweet Spot

Mayor, Council seek consensus on a transportation bond

"...of a possible bond – but rather than specific transportation projects, she briefly addressed the question of how best..."

June 21, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Union Charges Cap Metro Subcontract Conflicts

Was cronyism involved in picking those new subcontractors?

"...why Cap Metro picked McDonald Transit Associates and MV Transportation to run its fixed-route and MetroAccess bus services (respectively),..."

May 11, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

What I Want to do With My Life

Mike Krusee on New Urbanism, Smart Growth, toll roads, and why Bobby Kennedy is his hero

"...kind of ever since I became chairman [of House Transportation] in 2003 – [the chairmanship] took me down a..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Shaky Railing

Three former Capital Metro board members and two former employees claim that the transportation agency attempted to put Longhorn Railway, its costly freight rail operator, out of business.

"...on a rail line owned by the Capital Metro Transportation Authority, contends that the reason the company is failing..."

Dec. 10, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Advocates Call on City, County to Protect Most Vulnerable During COVID-19 Outbreak

Education, health, housing, justice addressed by list of demands

"...doctor or urgent care, and the safest mode of transportation...."

March 16, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

Bond Brouhaha

Council Reenacts for Public What It Did in Private

"...upcoming bond package. When those sentiments reached a critical mass by the end of last week (and after a..."

Aug. 14, 1998 News Feature by Jenny Staff

Imagining Austin

Public forums begin on comprehensive and mobility planning

"..."complete streets" and to help prioritize funding for upcoming transportation bond referendums. The Transportation Department had initially planned separate..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Postmarks

World affairs and more Critical Mass mess missives

"...equipped all major roads to carry all forms of transportation safely, by reserving one lane in each direction on..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Column

Postmarks

Different Traditions

"...frequency known to the University of Texas. We did mass mailouts with few volunteers. Volunteered services to other organizations..."

July 30, 1999 Column

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